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REVIEWS
By Wolfe Kaufman
Ginger Rogers takes to a white collar and Dennis Morgan to Philadelphia's Main Line in the screen version of Christopher Morley's "Kitty Foyle."
KITTY FOYLE
Ginger Rogers' interpretation of the title role is tremendously exciting, and if it doesn't get her an Academy Award it will certainly pull her right up to the brink of one. Equally thrilling is the perfect job the writers and producer have done. It wasn't easy to put Morley's book on celluloid, but here it is, adult without bothering anyone's moral scruples, and an exciting hunk out of real life.
The story — told via flashbacks — has to do with Kitty, a poor gal with a lot of dreams and imagination, who lands a job on a society magazine. She gets involved with the handsome, rich and snooty young editor (Dennis Morgan, who's really terrific) and they fall in love. However, hard as they both try, there seems to be no luck in their love affair, and Ginger runs away to New York.
There is another romance with a young interne — James Craig. She promises to marry him, when along comes her first love, whom her heart hasn't forgotten. He is married, but is leaving his wife and wants Ginger to go to South America with him. That's the decision she faces at the beginning of the film.
Besides top-notch acting by Ginger and the two men, there are some excellent supporting performances by Ernest Cossart and Odette Myrtil. Directed by Sam Wood— RKO-Radio.
To make it really authentic, the cast of "Virginia," headed by Fred MacMurray and Madeleine Carroll, settled in that state during the entire filming!
★ ***
* ★ * H
VIRGINIA
If nothing else, the fact that Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray are at top form in this film should insure healthy box office reception. But added to that is the fact that the film is in astonishingly beautiful Technicolor and the scenery is just about the most unusual and thrilling of the year. It was all filmed right on the ground, in Virginia proper, and the results justify the expense.
The story is rather rambly, due to the fact that the writers tried to get too much into it, in the belief that they were creating an important film epic. The central theme is that of an ex-Virginian, Madeleine, brought up in New York and completely broken with Southern "tradition." She comes back to Virginia to sell the old mansion and land, because she is broke.
MacMurray is her next-door neighbor. The rich people from up North are kicking tradition and heritage in the face, but Fred believes that it is important to hold on to them. After a long and complicated struggle, he convinces Madeleine that she belongs down there, playing it his way.
An important element in the film's favor is the presence of five-year-old Carolyn Lee. There is a new young leading man, too, named Stirling Hayden. Directed by Edward H. Griffith. — Paramount. (Continued on page 15)
MARCH, 1941
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